- Bruce Frayne
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Bruce Frayne (born 24 January 1958) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. He was Australian Champion in the 200 metres 1980, 81, and 1983. He also won the 400 metres in 1984. In 1981 he won Gold in the 4x400 relay at the Pacific conference Games, and he won silver in the 200 metres.
He also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1982 at Brisbane where he reached the 200 metre final where he finished 5th. And in the sprint relay team where they finished 4th in the final.
He competed in the individual distances at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-final on both occasions. At the 1983 World Championships he competed as well in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay, again without reaching the final.
In the 1984 Olympic 4x400 metres Frayne finished fourth with the Australian team. The team, consisting of Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Gary Minihan and Rick Mitchell, ran in a new Oceanian record time of 2:59.70 minutes. The record still stands.[1]
His P.B. for the 200 was 20.59.
References
- IAAF profile for Bruce Frayne
- ^ Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) - GBR Athletics
Australian National Champions in Men's 200 m 1930 – 1932: Jim Carlton • 1934: Howard Yates • 1936: Ray Moffat • 1937: Howard Yates • 1947: John Bartram • 1948: John Treloar • 1949: Herb McKenley (JAM) • 1950: John Treloar • 1951: John Bartram • 1952: John Treloar • 1953: Brian Butterfield • 1954: Hector Hogan • 1955: Doug Winston • 1956: Hector Hogan • 1957: Kevan Gosper • 1958: Terry Gale • 1959: Don Bursill • 1960: Dennis Tipping • 1961: Gary Holdsworth • 1962: Peter Vassella • 1963 – 1964: Gary Holdsworth • 1965 – 1969: Peter Norman • 1970 Bruce Weatherlake • 1971: Greg Lewis (athlete) • 1972 – 1973: Greg Lewis • 1974: Richard Hopkins • 1975: Peter Fitzgerald • 1976: Greg Lewis • 1977 – 1979: Colin McQueen • 1980 – 1981: Bruce Frayne • 1982: Peter Gandy • 1983: Bruce Frayne • 1984: Peter Van Miltenburg • 1985: Clayton Kearney • 1986: Robert Stone • 1987: John Dinan • 1988: Kieran Finn (IRL) • 1989: Darren Clark • 1990: Robert Stone • 1991 – 1992: Dean Capobianco • 1993: Damien Marsh • 1994 – 1995: Steve Brimacombe • 1996: Dean Capobianco • 1997: Chris Donaldson (NZL) • 1998: Damien Marsh • 1999: Chris Donaldson (NZL) • 2000: Darryl Wohlsen • 2001: Patrick Johnson • 2002: David Geddes • 2003: Patrick Johnson • 2004: Ambrose Ezenwa (NGR) • 2005: Daniel Batman • 2006: Patrick Johnson • 2007: Josh Ross • 2008: Daniel Batman • 2009: Aaron Rouge-Serret
Australian National Champions in Men's 400 m 1966 – 1967: Gary Eddy • 1968: Jim Kemp (USA) • 1969: Bill Hooker • 1970 – 1971: Ross Wilson • 1972: Wayne Collett (USA) • 1973: Graeme Wright • 1974 – 1975: Steve Gee • 1976 – 1977: Rick Mitchell • 1978: John Higham • 1979: Colin McQueen • 1980: Rick Mitchell • 1981: Mike Willis • 1982 – 1983: Gary Minihan • 1984: Bruce Frayne • 1985: Miles Murphy • 1986: Darren Clark • 1987 – 1988: Miles Murphy • 1989 – 1990: Darren Clark • 1991: Paul Greene • 1992: Mark Garner • 1993: Darren Clark • 1994: Brett Callaghan • 1995: Paul Greene • 1996: Jamie Baulch (GBR) • 1997: Brad Jamieson • 1998: Declan Stack • 1999: Brad Jamieson • 2000: Patrick Dwyer • 2001: John Gamble • 2002 – 2004: Clinton Hill • 2005: Ben Offereins • 2006: John Steffensen • 2007: Sean Wroe • 2008: Joel Milburn • 2009: Sean Wroe • 2010: Ben Offereins
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- Australian sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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